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36. And in them shall be written my gospel, saith the Lamb, and my rock and my salvation;

37. And blessed are they who shall seek to bring forth my Zion at that day, for they shall have the gift and the power of the Holy Ghost: and if they endure unto the end, they shall be lifted up at the last day, and shall be saved in the everlasting kingdom of the Lamb; and whoso shall publish peace, yea, tidings of great joy, how beautiful upon the mountains shall they be.

38. And it came to pass that I beheld the remnant of the seed of my brethren, and also the "book of the Lamb of God, which had proceeded forth from the mouth of the Jew, that it came forth from the Gentiles, unto the remnant of the seed of my brethren,

39. And after it had come forth unto them, I beheld other books, which came forth by the power of the Lamb, from the Gentiles unto them, unto the convincing of the Gentiles, and the remnant of the seed of my brethren, and also the Jews, who were scattered upon all the face of the earth, that the records of the prophets and of the twelve apostles of the Lamb are true.

40. And the angel spake unto me, saying, These last records which thou hast seen among the Gentiles, shall establish the truth of the "first, which are of the twelve apostles of the Lamb, and shall make known the plain and precious things which have been taken away from them; and shall make known to all kindreds, tongues, and people, that the Lamb of God is the Son of the eternal Father, and the Saviour of the world; and that all men must come unto him, or they cannot be saved;

41. And they must come according to the words which shall be established by the mouth of the Lamb: and the words of the Lamb shall be made known in the records of thy seed, as well as in the records of the twelve apostles of the Lamb; wherefore they both shall be established in. one; for there is one God and one Shepherd over all the earth;

42. And the time cometh that he shall manifest himself unto all nations, both unto the Jews, and also unto the Gentiles; and after he has manifested himself unto the Jews, and also unto the Gentiles, then he shall manifest himself unto the Gentiles, and also unto the Jews, and the last shall be first, and the first shall be last.

CHAPTER 14.

1. AND it shall come to pass, that if the Gentiles shall hearken unto the Lamb of God in that day that he shall

t, II. Nep. 30: 3. Mor. Doc. & Cov. &c. Ezeki. 37: 15-23.

Jacob 5: 70-75. 6:2, 3.

", Bible. v, Book of

w, Bible. 2, II. Nep. 3:12

II. Nep. 29: 13, 14.

manifest himself unto them in word, and also in "power, in very deed, unto the taking away of their stumbling blocks,

2. And if they harden not their hearts against the Lamb of God, they shall be 'numbered among the seed of thy father; yea, they shall be numbered among the house of Israel; and they shall be a blessed people upon the promised land for ever: they shall be no more brought down into captivity; and the house of Israel shall no more be confounded;

3. And that great pit which hath been digged for them, by that great and abominable church, which was founded by the devil and his children, that he might lead away the souls of men down to hell; yea, that great pit which hath been digged for the destruction of men, shall be filled by those who digged it, unto their utter destruction, saith the Lamb of God; not the destruction of the soul, save it be the casting of it into that hell which hath no end;

4. For behold, this is according to the captivity of the devil, and also according to the justice of God, upon all those who will work wickedness and abomination before him.

5. And it came to pass that the angel spake unto me, Nephi, saying, Thou hast beheld that if the Gentiles repent, it shall be well with them; and thou also knowest concerning the covenants of the Lord unto the house of Israel; and thou also hast heard, that whoso repenteth not, must perish;

6. Therefore, wo, be unto the Gentiles, if it so be that they harden their hearts against the Lamb of God;

7. For the time cometh, saith the Lamb of God, That I will work a great and a marvellous work among the children of men; a work which shall be everlasting, either on the one hand or on the other either to the convincing of them unto peace and life eternal, or unto the deliverance of them to the hardness of their hearts and the blindness of their minds, unto their being brought down into captivity, and also into destruction, both temporally and spiritually, according to the captivity of the devil, of which I have spoken.

8. And it came to pass that when the angel had spoken these words, he said unto me, Rememberest thou the covenants of the Father unto the house of Israel? I said unto him, Yea.

9. And it came to pass that he said unto me, Look, and behold that great and abominable church, which is the mother of abominations, whose foundation is the devil.

10. And he said unto me, Behold there are, save two churches only; the one is the church of the Lamb of God, and the other is the church of the devil; wherefore, whoso

a, ver. 14. 1. Nep. 13: 37.

Jacob 6:2, 3.

30 ch. Ether 13: 10. c, II. Nep. 10: 10-14. 16:7-15. 21:11-21. e, Isaiah 29: 14.

b, I. Nep. 21: 6, 22-25. d, 11. Nep. 23:32. III. Nep. f, vers. 11-17. 22:14, 22-26.

belongeth not to the church of the Lamb of God, belongeth to that great church, which is the mother of abominations; and she is the whore of all the earth.

11. And it came to pass that I looked and beheld the whore of all the earth, and she sat upon many waters; and she had dominion over all the earth, among all nations, kindreds, tongues, and people.

12. And it came to pass that I beheld the church of the Lamb of God, and its numbers were "few, because of the wickedness and abominations of the whore who sat upon many waters; nevertheless, I beheld that the church of the Lamb, who were the saints of God, were also upon all the face of the earth; and their dominions upon the face of the earth were small, because of the wickedness of the great whore whom I saw.

13. And it came to pass that I beheld that the great mother of abominations did gather together multitudes upon the face of all the earth, among all the nations of the Gentiles, to fight against the Lamb of God.

14. And it came to pass that I, Nephi, beheld the power of the Lamb of God, that it descended upon the saints of the church of the Lamb, and upon the covenant people of the Lord, who were scattered upon all the face of the earth; and they were armed with righteousness and with the power of God in great glory.

15. And it came to pass that I beheld that the wrath of God was poured out upon the great and abominable church, insomuch that there were wars and rumours of wars among all the nations and kindreds of the earth,

16. And as there began to be wars and rumours of wars among all the nations which belonged to the mother of abominations, the angel spake unto me, saying, Behold, the wrath of God is upon the mother of harlots; and behold, thou seest all these things:

17. And when the day cometh that the wrath of God is poured out upon the mother of harlots, which is the great and abominable church of all the earth, whose foundation is the devil, then, at that day, the work of the Father shall commence, in preparing the way for the fulfilling of his covenants, which he hath made to his people, who are of the house of Israel.

18. And it came to pass that the angel spake unto me, saying, Look!

19. And I looked and beheld a man, and he was dressed in a white robe;

20. And the angel said unto me, Behold one of the twelve apostles of the Lamb!

h, III. Nep. 14:14. Isa. 24: 6. Math. Jacob 6: 2, 3. j, I. Nep. 22: 13, 14. Isa. 16. III. Nep. 20: 20. 21: 20, 21. Mor. 8:41.

g, vers. 11-17. Rev. 17: 5, 15. 24:37. i, 1. Nep. 13: 37, 38. 66:15, 16. k, 1. Nep. 22: 15, 7, ver. 27.

21. Behold, he shall see and write the remainder of these things; yea, and also many things which have been: 22. And he shall also write concerning the end of the world;

23. Wherefore, the things which he shall write, are just and true; and behold they are written in the "book which thou beheld proceeding out of the mouth of the Jew; and at the time they proceeded out of the mouth of the Jew, or, at the time the book proceeded out of the mouth of the Jew, the things which were written, were plain and pure, and most precious, and easy to the understanding of all men.

24. And behold, the things which this apostle of the Lamb shall write, are many things which thou hast seen; and behold, the remainder shalt thou see;

25. But the things which thou shalt see hereafter, thou shalt not write; for the Lord God hath ordained the apostle of the Lamb of God, that he should write them.

26. And also others who have been, to them hath he shewn all things, and "they have written them; and they are sealed up to come forth in their purity, according to the truth which is in the Lamb, in the own due time of the Lord, unto the house of Israel.

27. And I, Nephi, heard and bear record, that the name of the apostle of the Lamb was John, according to the word of the angel.

28. And behold, I, Nephi, am forbidden that I should write the remainder of the things which I saw and heard; wherefore the things which I have written sufficeth me; and I have not written but a small part of the things which I saw.

29. And I bear record, that I saw the things which my father saw, and the angel of the Lord did make them known unto me.

30. And now I make an end of speaking concerning the things which I saw, while I was carried away in the Spirit: and if all the things which I saw are not written, the things which I have written are truc. And thus it is. Amen.

CHAPTER 15.

1. AND it came to pass that after I, Nephi, had been carried away in the Spirit, and seen all these things, I returned to the tent of my father.

2. And it came to pass that I beheld my brethren, and they were disputing one with another, concerning the things which my father had spoken unto them;

20.

3. For he truly spake many great things unto them,

m, Bible.

n, Ether 3: 21-27. 12: 21. II. Nep. 27: 6-23.0, ver.

P, I. Nep. 8: 2.

which were hard to be understood, save a man should inquire of the Lord; and they being hard in their hearts, therefore they did not look unto the Lord as they ought.

4. And now I, Nephi, was grieved because of the hardness of their hearts, and also, because of the things which I had seen, and knew they must unavoidably come to pass, because of the great wickedness of the children of men.

5. And it came to pass that I was overcome because of my afflictions, for I considered that mine afflictions were great above all, because of the destructions of "my people, for I had beheld their fall.

6. And it came to pass that after I had received strength I spake unto my brethren, desiring to know of them the cause of their disputations.

7. And they said, Behold, we cannot understand the words which 'our father hath spoken concerning the natural branches of the olive tree, and also, concerning the Gentiles.

8. And I said unto them, Have ye inquired of the Lord? 9. And they said unto me, We have not; for the Lord maketh no such thing known unto us.

10. Behold, I said unto them, How is it that ye do not keep the commandments of the Lord? How is it that ye will perish, because of the hardness of your hearts?

11. Do ye not remember the things which the Lord hath said, If ye will not harden your hearts, and ask me in faith, believing that ye shall receive, with diligence in keeping my commandments, surely these things shall be made known unto you.

12. Behold, I say unto you, that the house of Israel was compared unto an olive-tree, by the Spirit of the Lord which was in our fathers; and behold are we not broken off from the house of Israel? and are we not a branch of the house of Israel?

13. And now, the thing which our father meaneth concerning the grafting in of the natural branches through the fulness of the Gentiles, is, that in the latter days, when our seed shall have dwindled in unbelief, yea, for the space of many years, and many generations after the Messiah shall be manifested in body unto the children of men, then shall the fulness of the gospel of the Messiah come unto the Gentiles, and from the Gentiles unto the remnant of our seed:

14. And at that day shall the remnant of our seed know that they are of the house of Israel, and that they are the covenant people of the Lord; and then shall they know and come to the knowledge of their forefathers, and also to the knowledge of the gospel of their Redeemer, which was ministered unto their fathers by him; wherefore they shall

b, 1. Nep. 9: 1. c, vers. 13, 16. II. Nep. d, Indians. Vers. 14-20. 1. Nep. 22: 8-12 21 ch. Mor. 5: 10-15, 20, 21.

a, The Nephites. Mor. 6. 3:5. Jacob 5. 6: 1-4. III. Nep. 5: 21-26. 16: 10-12.

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